corsacalvin
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as any 1 had or drivin 1 off these? whats the engines like on them? as some 1 told me that not a mg/rover engine in them cud be wrong tho
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Stuart H
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I get majorly pissed off when people always think that mg engines are shit. Fair enough they are a bit cheap inside lol , my mum has had 3 in the last 6 years and NOTHING has went wrong with them
[Edited on 19-05-2011 by Stuart H]
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corsacalvin
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depends how there driven tbh..engine in question is the diesel 1 any way,,i know there a 100 & 115 bhp model
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davieslim
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Usually a bmw diesal engine in them that's really good
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corsacalvin
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^^^^^ is that deffo? cuz i bin hearin it aient the rover diesel engine
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Anty
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HGF !!
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Stuart H
I get majorly pissed off when people always think that mg engines are shit. Fair enough they are a bit cheap inside lol , my mum has had 3 in the last 6 years and NOTHING has went wrong with them
[Edited on 19-05-2011 by Stuart H]
The k series engine has a horrendously designed head gasket, which is why it is shit.
I wouldn't buy a newer mg full stop. Bits of trim just fall off. Terrible cars.
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DERV-POWER
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the diesel engine in these is bomb proof if maintained properly and can be tuned up quite well about 160bhp and nearly 300lbft of torque
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corsacalvin
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^^^^^ ok cheers is it a rover designed engine then? or sumit else?
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DERV-POWER
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its a rover engine the bmw is in the zt
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corsacalvin
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ok cheers ^^^^ much better than the petrol then :-D,,n dnt get many probs with it?
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DERV-POWER
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only time i ve seen a problem with the is when they haven't been maintained properly
* turbo gone because oil was never changed left in for 25,000 miles
* snapped cambelt because wasn't changed after so many years
[Edited on 20-05-2011 by DERV-POWER]
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Brett
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Originally posted by Eck
The k series engine has a horrendously designed head gasket, which is why it is shit.
 ...and everyone buys one thinking "oh, it won't happen to me", but sure enough, it did lol
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daymoon
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HGF !!
Looks like you knowledge of cars stretches very far.... NAT!
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SXIBLK
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ill be honest had a 1.4 MG ZR and thought it was good i still really like the look of them and for the money if you get a mechinically sound one you get alot of car get it in the grey best colour 
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corsacalvin
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yea they look gd
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Eck
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Until bits fall off. Genuinely, I know two people who have owned them, one still does. It's a 54 plate with quite low miles and air vents and the likes literally just fall out It has to be THEE worst put together car I have ever seen.
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ChrisBoom
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My old man had two of them, both fucking horrendous interior quality. Door handles would come off in your hand, press buttons on the dash and they would fall out, just pure shite.
Though he never did have any other problems with them!
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recarouk
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its an L Series rover lump, nothing to do with BMW.
they come as 101 bhp or 113bhp, both are highly tuneable.
if you swap the injectors over for some from the previous generation rover L series SDI engine you will see an instant increase of around 15bhp due to the different spray pattern from the injector heads.
the L series engines are bomb proof as long as they are serviced correctly, as said above.
interior quality isnt the best, try and get a + model, as they do have half leather, the other models dont, its vinyl and wears out fairly quickly.
they are cheap to buy, cheap to maintain, cheap to mod, and will once tuned surprise a lot of higher priced, higher class cars.
deffo worth a punt 
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Eck
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My mate's door handle came off too Hazard light button has disappeared also 
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Anty
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
quote:
Originally posted by Anty
HGF !!
Looks like you knowledge of cars stretches very far.... NAT!
I DISLIKE YOU
I HATE ROVERS
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MarkSport
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quote:
Originally posted by Stuart H
I get majorly pissed off when people always think that mg engines are shit.
+1
I've had atleast 5 rover/mg cars and not one let me down. no HGF or anything.
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MarkSport
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quote:
Originally posted by recarouk
its an L Series rover lump, nothing to do with BMW.
they come as 101 bhp or 113bhp, both are highly tuneable.
the facelift mg's are N series engines, alot better than the L series which had the leaking cam cover problem.
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport
quote:
Originally posted by Stuart H
I get majorly pissed off when people always think that mg engines are shit.
+1
I've had atleast 5 rover/mg cars and not one let me down. no HGF or anything.
Do you believe that the K series is a good engine? It's not an isolated incident, they quiet literally blow up at any point in time. That is a shit engine.
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MarkSport
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I've had more than enough k series and not had one blow up, my dad has had plenty of them too and neither have they gone bang. i believe they're branded a shit engine because of the head gasket issues but that only happened due to them having aluminium heads. driven properly they have no issues.
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